Madras Progressive Artist’s Association

Madras School of Art

K.C.S Paniker 1936-40 Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. 1944 Establishment of the Progressive Painters’ Association, Chennai.

KCS Paniker; Figures on a quayside, Southern India; 1948; WC

Members of the PPA such as Reddeppa Naidu, P.V. Janakiram, Srinivasulu, L. Munuswamy, A.P. Santhanaraj, Varadarajan, A.S. Jagannathan, S. Dhanapal, M. Senathipathi, K.V. Haridasan, M.V. Devan, Vasudev and others

Christ and Lazarus, water colour, 1950.

KCS Panicker The Red Bridge 1952

K. C. S. Paniker Untitled (Still Life) Oil on board 11 x 11 in. 12 1954

K.C.S Paniker The Life of Buddha' Oil on board 1956

K C S Paniker, Garden, 1958

K C S Paniker 1961 Oil on canvas 35 5/8 by 24 1/8 in.

K.C.S Paniker The Dog Oil on canvas 1973

'K. C. S. Paniker "Words & Symbols"' 27 by 34 1/4 in. Oil on Canvas, 1968

K.C.S. Paniker (1911-1977) Words and Symbols oil on canvas 26 x 23 7/8in. 1970

Munuswamy; Untitled, 1960

K V Haridasan

A P Santhanaraj

S Dhanapal

J Sultan Ali

Old shephered, 1963

Untitled, 1951

P V Janakiram

M. Reddeppa Naidu Café Oil on paper 28.0 x 34.0 in 1958

Reddappa Naidu

View from the Marina Beach, Madras

Krishna and Gopis, 1978

Cholamandal Artists Village, Madras

Cholamandal Artists' Village, established in 1966, is the largest artists' commune in India, whose artists are credited for the Madras Movement of Art (1950s–1980s). Thirty eight of them got together and formed the 'Artists Handicrafts Association' (AHA) in 1963 initially to sell the works of artists. They started working together, producing handicrafts in their spare time, they were among the first in the country to produce batik fabric, proceeds of their first batik exhibition went into buying the 8.5 acres of land in 1966 which was to be make up the village. Cholamandalam = the realm of Cholas, the dynasty that ruled the region between 9-13th century AD, and encouraged arts.